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TheFishSite Latest News
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Survival of Shrimp Aquaculture BANGLADESH - Shrimp is not only the most popular seafood in the West, but is also an alternative to replace the loss due to the exhaustion of global fisheries.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Russia Shows Interest in Bangladesh Shrimp BANGLADESH - Russian importers have recently shown great interest in the Bangladesh shrimp market, leading to expectations of increased imports.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Bangladesh DFO set new target BANGLADESH - Speakers at a views-sharing meeting urged the farmers to enhance fish production through best uses of the existing natural resources, reports The New Nation.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
EU Inspections Could Jeopardise Export Trade EU - The European Union is debating the inspection of all frozen shrimp containers shipped from Bangladesh in an effort to detect potential disease problems.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Aqua Focused Project will Aid Wetland Communities CHALAN BEEL - Fish production in Chalan Beel stands to benefit from a Taka 20.41 crore project aimed at restoring its fish resources.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Bleak outlook for Bangladesh Shrimp Farmers BANGLADESH - Nearly 400,000 shrimp farmers face an uncertain future two months after Cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh's southwestern coastal belt.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Bleak Outlook for Bangladesh Shrimp Farmers BANGLADESH - Nearly 400,000 shrimp farmers face an uncertain future two months after Cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh's southwestern coastal belt.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Shrimp production in disarray BANGLADESH - Thousands of the shrimp farmers in the coastal belt are facing catastrophe as cyclone Sidr has ripped the heart out of one of the key production areas for the country's second largest export industry.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Making shrimp exports secure BANGLADESH - The export-oriented frozen food sector, which comprise mainly shrimp, has been emerging as the second most important export item in Bangladesh after readymade garment.
Sweet water shrimp cultivation in 200 farms suspended BANGLADESH - Sweet water shrimp cultivation in around 200 farms in Bogra and Joypurhat districts remains suspended for over one and a half years due to scarcity of quality mother shrimp and fry.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
EU team to visit Khulna shrimp centres BANGLADESH - Exporters of frozen shrimp are making preparations to welcome a four-member EU inspection team that will visit shrimp cultivation and processing centres in Khulna and Bagerhat districts on October 21 and 22.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Govt plans to buck up fisheries sector BANGLADESH - The government is considering abandoning the existing system for leasing water bodies in an effort to improve the livelihoods of fishing communities and increase fish production.
Piranha or Thai Chanda? BANGLADESH - Fish farmers and hatchery owners in Mymensingh have claimed that fishery authorities have 'branded' their Thai Chanda as Piranha and asked them to destroy those.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Better surveillance will safeguard EU and US markets BANGLADESH - Frozen food exporters are calling for better measures to identify the origin of two hazardous antibiotics that are known to contaminate shrimps.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Decrease in Fish Exports from Burma to Bangladesh BANGLADESH - Burma's fish exports to Bangladesh have decreased since Bangladesh authorities found the chemical formalin in some fish in the country couple months ago.
Friday, June 01, 2007
10,000 youths achieve economic self-reliance by fish farming BANGLADESH - More than 10,000 unemployed, educated youngsters have achieved economic self-reliance through fish farming during the past couple of years, says Bangladesh officials.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
50 shrimp farms and crops last in tidal surge BANGLADESH - The tidal surge that swept the coast last week washed away shrimps from at least 50 farms and damaged crops on about 2,000 acres in 12 villages in Patuakhali Sadar and Baufal upazilas.
Friday, May 11, 2007
New method invented in Bangladesh to detect formalin in fish BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi scientists have recently invented a new method to detect formalin in fish within 30 seconds, local newspaper The Independent reported Friday.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Bangladesh to use machine to detect antibiotics in frozen shrimps BANGLADESH - The government recently started commercial operation of the much-awaited antibiotic detecting machine used in export of frozen shrimps helping the exporters comply with the directives of foreign buyers.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Burma Hopes to Export 500 Tons of Shrimp to Bangladesh BANGLADESH - Shrimp exporters from Arakan State are keen to export more shrimp from the Maungdaw wholesale shrimp center to Bangladesh during the 2007-08 fiscal year than they have in previous years, according to a report of a business source in Maun...
Friday, February 02, 2007
Bangladesh shrimp export requirements BANGLADESH - Earnings from shrimp export has increased over the years. The quality of exported shrimp and the food value thereof should be maintained. The production of shrimps and other fishes has to be increased with necessary official support to maintain...
Monday, October 02, 2006
US help for shrimp sector to continue BANGLADESH - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will continue its support for the development of Bangladesh's shrimp sector that has been struggling to cope with quality shrimp exports to the West due to virus infections. "The...








